Fake news isn’t only problem: New technologies make us less productive From addictive social media to distracted drivers, today’s high tech has a big negative sideNew technologies are not just doing less to boost productivity than past innovations, they may actually have negative side effects that undermine productivity growth, and that reduce our wellbeing in other ways as well.

Don’t fight the FUD: HODL onto this list of bitcoin terms you need in your vocabulary Are you a noob? Here are 12 words to learn now. By now, even casual crypto investors have acquired a general understanding of bitcoin and acronyms like ICO (that’s initial coin offering for the still-stumped). But just as important to understanding the enigmatic world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies are far more obscure digital assets less understood by the average noob.

Chelsea Manning: Twitter and Google must deal with ‘consequences’ of data collection The 30-year-old, who shared classified documents in 2010 with WikiLeaks, has advice for tech companiesThe 30-year-old, who shared classified documents in 2010 with WikiLeaks, has advice for tech companies.

How Social Security has shortchanged widows and widowers out of millions An Inspector General’s report finds underpayment of $132 million and countingThe outrageous practice that is costing widows and widowers huge amounts of lifetime benefits.

Qualcomm meeting on hold, but Broadcom drama still heats up Qualcomm gets government on its side in hostile takeover bid, leading to even more angry rhetoric on all sidesQualcomm Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting has been put on hold while the U.S. probes whether the hostile buyout by Broadcom Ltd. presents a national security risk and both companies squabbled in their respective statements.

Steve Schwarzman, putting up record $25 million for a public school, wants more money for coding After Parkland shooting, safe and secure learning environments require political action and philanthropy now, adds Blackstone CEOBlackstone’s Steve Schwarzman wants his record-setting check to help equip students with the right skills for the jobs of the future, and he’s talking about future coders and machinists alike.

How to get past your fear of changing careers Advice from the author of ‘Thriving Through Uncertainty’Advice to those in their 50s and 60s who’d like to change direction but feel stymied by fear of the unknown.

Clueless about bitcoin? Here’s your cryptocurrency crash course It’s here to stay, so you might as well get up to speedWant to sound smart about bitcoin? To help you keep up we answer some of the most-asked questions.

AMD earnings show crypto and PC strength, stock bounces around CEO Su hopes to further address Spectre flaw with new productsAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. shares were volatile in the extended session Tuesday after the chip maker’s quarterly results and outlook topped Wall Street views, and the company addressed security issues of the so-called Spectre and Meltdown exploits.

Keep focusing on bling, Apple, and you will continue to decline Jurica Dujmovic counts the ways Apple is losing its innovation edge and falling behind SamsungJurica Dujmovic counts the ways Apple is losing its innovation edge and falling behind Samsung.

Here’s what it was like to buy the first ETF ever on Day 1 ‘This is something I’ve always wanted,’ analyst remembers on the 25th anniversary of ETFs on Wall StreetA quarter-century ago, before exchange-traded funds had grown into a multitrillion-dollar investment vehicle that upended Wall Street by offering investors of all types exposure to basically every investible asset class for rock-bottom fees, there was only one.

Here’s what all 30 companies that make up the Dow industrials think about blockchain Many Dow members have blockchain initiatives in placeMarketWatch asked all 30 members of the Dow industrials what blockchain initiatives they have in place, or plan to have.

At CES, Spectre haunted tech executives in public and private meetings Intel, AMD and other chip makers forced to confront chip vulnerability amid rain and a blackout in Las VegasDespite being drenched and briefly thrust in to darkness, the largest annoyance for many top tech executives at CES was the shadow of Spectre.

HP reclaims top spot in PCs, but staying there isn’t the top priority Head of PC business tells MarketWatch he just wants business to continue growing, no matter what the competition doesWhen HP’s head of its PC business learned the company was back in the No. 1 slot for 2017, he was at CES talking to two MarketWatch staffers, and noted that the whole idea that the category is declining is false.

Intel’s Meltdown fix has bugs of its own Chip giant warns some to hold off installing chip patches after it finds 3 problemsIntel is quietly advising some customers to hold off installing patches that address new security flaws affecting virtually all of its processors. It turns out the patches had bugs of their own.

The Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws — which devices are at risk, and what can you do to safeguard them? Apple said Thursday all iPads, iPhones and Macs have the security chip vulnerabilityApple said Thursday all iPads, iPhones and Macs have the security chip vulnerability.

While there are signs of supply-side issues in the jobs market, the December report may be more noise than signalThere’s a case to be made that the strong run of jobs growth may be impeded by the quality of the remaining workers to be hired. There’s also a case to be made that the weakness in December was just a blip.

Intel says 'significant progress' made to protect chips vulnerable to exploitsIntel Corp. that by the end of the week it will have issued updates to security exploits made public Tuesday for 90% the chips introduced in the past five years. Intel stock is down 2.6% to $44.10 in early afternoon trading. The company said it had already introduced patches for the "majority" of its chips introduced within the past five years. "Intel continues to believe that the performance impact of these updates is highly workload-dependent and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time," the company said in a statement. "While on some discrete workloads the performance impact from the software updates may initially be higher, additional post-deployment identification, testing and improvement of the software updates should mitigate that impact." The company also said that operating system makers, cloud computing providers, and device makers are among the companies that have updated products and services already. The two securities vulnerabilities made public Tuesday affect most chip designs around the world and Intel has acknowledged that the vulnerabilities could affect systems designed in the past decade or more. Executives on a Wednesday that they did not expect the vulnerabilities to have a material impact on the company and that they were unaware of the threat being actually exploited. Intel stock is up 21.5% in the past 12 months, as the S&P 500 index has gained 20%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which Intel is a component, has gained 25% in the past 12 months.

These fatal flaws lurk at the heart of the bitcoin craze, says Mr. Money MustacheIt feels like a “lost his mind” morning, with the Trump-Bannon brouhaha, the crypto craze and the seemingly unsinkable Dow all getting attention. Today’s call is a downbeat take on bitcoin from popular personal finance blogger Mr. Money Mustache.

Meltdown and Spectre are huge vulnerabilities for Intel and others: What you need to know Software providers are pushing out updates to deal with one issue, but the other one has no fix for nowTwo serious security vulnerabilities found in most computer chip designs around the world, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre by a group of academic and industry researchers, has the tech industry scrambling to protect systems, but it looks like consumers will just have to update and pray.

Intel admits vulnerability, but plays down effects; stock slides, AMD gains Intel says flaw is not unique to its chips, should not cause ‘average computer user’ to face slowdown and does not see a financial effectIntel Corp. admitted Wednesday that its chips have a vulnerability that will require software patches, but denied a media report that said other companies’ chips were not affected and that the software updates will have a major effect on devices’ performance.

Intel suffers an epic security fail, offering a big opportunity for AMD Intel will be scrambling to find hardware and software fixes, while AMD could tout its robust securityIntel will be scrambling to find hardware and software fixes, while AMD could tout its robust security. By Ryan Shrout.

Delays at U.S. airports after immigration computers go down CBP says no indication the disruption was malicious Thousands of travelers at several U.S. airports are held up by a temporary outage in Customs and Border Protection systems — which were hit by a similar service disruption last year.

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